[FreedomOfExpression]

The world has never been more prosperous or peaceful than it is right now.

LOL Yes, crime has been virtually eliminated, along with wars and brutal dictatorships. I am also glad that there aren't Muslim terrorists worldwide causing an enormous loss of life and destabilizing many countries.

The part of your statement about prosperity, I can agree with. Peaceful, though? Even relatively speaking... sell it to someone else, cause I'm not buying it.

For a sliver of how peaceful things are, see below:

[Strategerist]

On July 1, 1916, 20,000 British troops were killed in the Battle of the Somme. That's ONE day.

That doesn't even count the French and German deaths that day.

And yet people treat trivial conflicts like Israel/Hezbollah as some huge deal.

You have to have a sense of historical perspective.

Relative to population, the depravities and atrocities and loss of life in Germany in the 30 years war in the 1600s was far, far worse than any war or terrrorism going on today; it's said there are parts of Germany that never recovered from that.

I never said the world was TOTALLY peaceful now, just that it's never been MORE peaceful - the world has always been incredibly violent.

But when you look at a world of 5 billion people, it's really striking how generally peaceful it is now, per population, compared to both earlier in the 20th century and even back further.

Of course, today, you can get your news of worldwide violence a lot faster and in technicolor.